A new month

My head hurts (quit the smug grin Rik) – I may have had 1 or 20 too many last night…

But hey, it’s all good. Got the Foos on REALLY LOUD to blow away the cobwebs (maybe wake the neighbours too, but it’s 11 and everyone should be up), pot of coffee for fortification, and a hot bath waiting to soothe my weary bones.

It’s not often I play pool, but last night I got the itch to play a few games – I like to play the odd game or 4, but it gets boring so quickly. I should start playing snooker more…anyway, I played to my usual top standards, got the usual “Why don’t you play for a team?” (I used to – 20 years ago ), then quickly got bored with the whole thing and had a couple of vodkas…then it got hazy – I know I should NEVER drink AfterShock – I tell people this, but always seem to end up drinking the foul stuff – and it always makes a reappearance. Sigh.

Ah…’My Hero’ just came on – whenever I hear this live it reminds me of Lee, I miss you mate

The caffeine seems to have kicked in now…just need some motivation to get my arse off this chair…

*shrugs*

For the last few days, I’ve been working on a multimedia machine for myself – wirelessly linked to my network to access my music and films. Digging around in a box of stuff – I have many, many boxes of old computer gear, makes for a great afternoon going through them (that’s really geeky isn’t it?). Anyway, I found a USB Freeview TV tuner (Asus My Cinema U-3000) and decided to throw it in and use that.

Device installs like a charm – no problems THERE. But when you try to actually use the software to watch a TV channel…it just doesn’t work – logs show NOTHING, it just. Doesn’t. Work.

Tried downloading countless thirdparty progs to try to get the fecker to work – nothing does. Now I know why the damn thing was in the box of bits…

So I just bought another one of Ebay – this one has a remote control too (woo!) so I don’t have to use my phone to control what I’m listening to/watching (Salling Clicker on my Nokia N95 8GB works fine – easy to write new scripts too).

That little USB fecker will not defeat me though – I will get it to actually show a TV channel.

OK, I (sort of) have a plan for the day:

1. Get off this chair.
2. Drink more coffee.
3. Have a bath.
4. Check the plugs on the Galaxy.
5. Change clothes ‘cos I’m bound to get covered in oil and muck.
6. Hit Tesco for some bread for sandwiches tomorrow.
7. Get some dinner.
8. Drink a few beers
9. Home, bed.

Actually, if I switch 3 and 4 around it makes better sense…

6 weeks until Morroco

Foos @ Wembley

FUCKING AWESOME!!!

7 months waiting since I booked the tickets but was it worth it? oh yes…:)

My second visit to Wembley – I saw the England under 21s play Italy last year – but the roar when the Foos came on stage was unbelievable. I don’t know how many people were there – around 100000 I reckon, and EVERYONE was singing along – I don’t think I’ll ever see a band perform that’ll beat them…

I took a few photos and videos – I’ll get round to uploading them to YouTube and Flickr soon – right now I’m off to Strawberry Fair in Cambridge.

On a bright note – I’ve got my voice back now

Oh, and I managed to get a piece of the hallowed turf too – that’s gonna be my new pet

EDIT: When I was at Wembley, I phoned my mate Lee. I just found out this morning he died last night – drowned. Rest in peace mate.

Foo Fighters

I got my tickets!

Roll on Friday…:)

Black 24

Another weekend almost over – another good one though got to see my friends before they move back to the US, got back to town Friday night and decided to grab a couple of quick beers so I parked up at home and walked into town.

Now, to set the scene: My original plan was to stay over at my friends and drive back Saturday, but I came back. Harriett is taking it easy with a bad back so she was only going to the cinema with her friend.

Unbeknown to me, Harriett had got back and decided to have ‘1 or 2′ drinks – this turned out to be a mixture of allsorts and she was just a little drunk – here’s a video I took:

I’d just like to add, that no wheelie bins or Harriett’s were harmed or mistreated in this video.

Saturday morning I missed a special delivery from the postman – it’s GOT to be my Foo Fighters tickets – I can’t wait – had these ordered since November. That’ll be Harriett and me next Friday – Wembley stadium

The week after that I finish on Friday 13th (ruh, roh) and am off until the 26th

I’m so looking forward to my holiday….

Oh yeah, you might wonder about the title of this post – When my friends said they were going to Vegas, that’s the first thing that popped into my head…I’m sure there’s a joke about voices in your head and black 24 – probably on Sickipedia somewhere.

Phones…love ‘em or hate ‘em…

Way back in 2000, I made the comment that I’d never have a mobile phone…

Skip forward a couple of years and now I feel naked if my phone isn’t within reach – I just upgraded to the Nokia N95 8gb:

I love it! it does just about everything the camera (5 megapixel) is sharp, the wireless network browser works a treat – I’ve only had it a week, but it’s my baby…still have to setup the GPS and assign voice tags to contacts – all that fun stuff.

I’m all paid up for my holiday in June (that’s gonna be a great month – Foo Fighters at Wembley on the 6th, then fly off to sunny Spain on the 17th for a week with Harriett, the kids, her mum and Richard).

I goto hospital next Monday so they can assess whether the op to remove the plate and screws from my ankle (booked on the 24th April) will go ahead – I hope it does, the screws are working their way out and even wearing socks is quite painful. Of course, the scar won’t be as neat as it looks now…

Recently a few friends have commented that I look like I’ve lost weight so yesterday I weighed myself – I’ve put ON 4lb, not lost weight. I have cut down on my beer intake so I’ve lost the bit of a beer belly I had. I’ve no idea where the 4lb has gone to. Got to exercise more so I’ve got a 6 pack to show off on the beach

Time to goto work – I hate this cold weather, it plays havoc with my ankle. This time last year it was warm and sunny.

Next Tuesday is one year to the day that Harriett and I first got together – a year and we’ve not really had an argument (well, trivial stuff, mainly sexual *grin*).

I could go on about work, how B757 jacks are my nemesis right now, but that’d just bore y’all.

Why can’t I be funny like Scaryduck?

Oh, I’m still really into driving – I love it – so relaxing just cruising about. Harriett’s put me on her insurance for her car and her campervan and I can borrow a company vehicle pretty much anytime so I don’t even need to spend out on a car of my own right now…life is good.